Radiobiological modelling of the treatment of leukaemia by total body irradiation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 227-233

  Wheldon, Thomas E ^a   Barrett, Ann ^a,b  

^a BEATSON INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Leukaemic cell killing; Mathematical model; Radiosensitivity; Total body irradiation

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CULTURE; CELL KILLING; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE COURSE; DOSE RESPONSE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA CELL; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIOBIOLOGY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WHOLE BODY RADIATION;

CELL DEATH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION;

EID: 0035282734     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00255-3     Document Type: Review

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